It has become crucial for the human arena in general and the philosophical arena in particular to ponder on the issues of Environmental havoc and to suggest a way for a holistic life with the environment. The problem of environmental crisis can be discussed both from Western and Indian perspectives. So far we have been used of discussing it from the western point of view but it is the time that we take recourse to the significant insights in the Indian tradition to tackle this problem.

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... , the objective of my paper is to emphasize especially on the Buddhist solution to environmental havoc through their fundamental principle's/teachings: namely (i) The Four Noble Truths, (ii) The Eight-fold Path, (iii) The Doctrine of Dependent origination, (iv) The Five Cosmic Laws and (v) The Doctrine of Middle Path. Further, it is hoped that the present study will help to create awareness that each individual should realize their responsibility for preserving, conserving and caring the environment, to make it a part of their daily life, to create the same attitude in their families, and to spread it to the community. Methodology-The paper will be analytical in nature and the data for this study has been collected from secondary sources.